GRAND MARAIS, MINNESOTA

August 24, 2008 Fragrant Water Lilies

At this time of year, most of the ponds and lakes along the North Shore have beautiful blooming water lilies. We built a pond on our property a few years ago and this year the water lilies are beautiful. The lilies with white flowers are called the fragrant water lily.

It turned out to be quite a chore to get the attached photo. I grabbed my waders from the storage shed and had a flashback from a few years ago. I had put on the waders and went down to the pond. I thought I felt something in the toe but didn’t think anything about it until I stood in the water for awhile. Something started to move across my foot so I got out of the water pretty quickly especially when it started coming up my leg. I pulled down the waders and a mouse jumped out.

I thought I better look inside the waders again. I looked in the top and jumped back as a whole family of mice jumped out. I was really glad I hadn’t put my foot in. I’ve got to find a better place to store my waders.